the activity of managing or exerting control over something | the activity of managing or exerting control over something |
(physiology) regulation or maintenance of a function or action or reflex etc | (physiology) regulation or maintenance of a function or action or reflex etc |
a mechanism that controls the operation of a machine | a mechanism that controls the operation of a machine |
power to direct or determine | power to direct or determine |
discipline in personal and social activities | discipline in personal and social activities |
great skillfulness and knowledge of some subject or activity | great skillfulness and knowledge of some subject or activity |
a standard against which other conditions can be compared in a scientific experiment | a standard against which other conditions can be compared in a scientific experiment |
the economic policy of controlling or limiting or curbing prices or wages etc. | the economic policy of controlling or limiting or curbing prices or wages etc. |
a spiritual agency that is assumed to assist the medium during a seance | a spiritual agency that is assumed to assist the medium during a seance |
a relation of constraint of one entity (thing or person or group) by another | a relation of constraint of one entity (thing or person or group) by another |
the state that exists when one person or group has power over another | the state that exists when one person or group has power over another |